June 2017

Copperbelt Province Minister Bowman Lusambo says even if he did something stupid and President Edgar Lungu decided to fire him, he would remain a Lamba and son of the Copperbelt Province. And Lusambo has challenged Chishimba Kambwili to report him to the party Central Committee if he has issues with him other than rushing to...

World Bank Country Manager Ina-Marlene Ruthenberg says Zambia’s past decade of economic growth was not sufficiently pro-poor and the benefits have mainly benefited the richer segments of the population in urban areas. Speaking at Southern Sun Hotel in Lusaka during the launch of a new World Bank Economic Brief titled Reaping Richer Returns from Public...

In this audio, Patriotic Front Secretary General Davies Mwila says ruling party officials who want government contracts shouldn't rush to the media to discuss internal matters publicly. Mwila was talking to News Diggers! in an interview to express his disappointment over a team of PF officials in the region that is pressing for the removal...

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a Zambia Army officer to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for obtaining K3,900 from people on pretext of facilitating for their recruitment to the army when in fact not. Clement Kanyembo, 40, a soldier from Arakan Barracks has been imprisoned by magistrate Prince Mwiinga. In his judgment, the...

Smouha coach Moamen Soliman hopes to settle a score against Zesco United when they meet in Alexandria today for a penultimate Group C match of the 2017 CAF Confederation Cup. Zesco beat their Egyptian hosts 1-0 in Ndola on May 13 thanks to a disputed handball by defender Patrick Malo that was converted by striker...

Airtel Zambia and Zambeef have partnered and introduced a ‘Tap and Go’ payment service with the aim of allowing customers pay for their products, including meat using Airtel Money. Speaking at the launch event held at Zambeef’s Mtendere Macro outlet, Airtel Money Manager Tukuza Lungu said the service would also allow customers pay for goods...

The National Assembly of Zambia says the Speaker acted within the law by suspending 47 UPND members of parliament because they exhibited intentional disrespect by boycotting President Edgar Lungu's State of the Nation address in March. In an affidavit in opposition to summons for leave to apply for judicial review filed yesterday, acting National Assembly...

UPND Secretary General Stephen Katuka says what happened at Leopards Hill memorial park on Saturday during the burial of late Clance Zulu was a well planned ambushed by PF thugs. Speaking during a press conference at the UPND Secretariat in Lusaka yesterday, Katuka demanded that President Lungu and the PF apologises to the family of...

The Lusaka Magistrates’ Court has issued a bench warrant against a Pentecostal church pastor who is alleged to have swindled several people of Kabanana compound whilst pretending to be connected to President Edgar Lungu. When the matter came up yesterday, magistrate Alice Walusiku said apostle Paul Mulenga of International Ministries and Affiliated Churches should be...

A Lusaka man has sued Hakainde Hichilema’s wife Mutinta for libel in the Lusaka High Court seeking K5 billion compensation. According to a statement of claim filed in the High Court Principal Registry yesterday, Simon Bobo stated that Mutinta issued a fabricated story on April 30 that he blocked her vehicle, took pictures and insulted...

The board of directors of the National Savings and Credit Bank (NATSAVE) fired Cephas Chabu from his position as Managing Director today. According to a statement issued by NATSAVE Board Chairman Evans Chibiliti today, the bank's Deputy Managing Director Mary Munansangu will act in the position of Managing Director for administrative convenience in the meantime....

In this video, President Edgar Lungu's spokesperson Amos Chanda says there are rampant cases of people going round private companies extorting money in his name and that of the Head of State. And Chanda says if Zambia was not a democracy, he would have been beyond the reach of the judiciary; but because there is...

Esther Mwaata Katongo says people may think police are more corrupt than RTSA because they have more interaction with the public than the Road Transport and Safety Agency officers. And Katongo says police cannot go to “shit” in someone’s house because they are highly educated and respectable. Meanwhile, Katongo has equated the relationship between the...

The video evidence which led to the nullification of Higher Education Minister Professor Nkandu Luo’s Munali seat has allegedly gone missing. In November 2016, the High Court nullified Luo’s election on grounds that violence shrouded the polls. This was after UPND’s Munali candidate in the 2016 elections Doreen Mwamba challenged the election, hinging her arguments...

President Edgar Lungu says traditional leaders must do more to unite the country. The Head of State held a dinner meeting with 11 Lamba chiefs at Bank of Zambia guesthouse in Ndola yesterday on the sidelines of the 2017 Trade Fair, He said traditional rulers were a vital part of the conscious of the Nation....

Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo says intolerance among Patriotic Front and United Party for National Development cadres has reached shocking levels. And Kampyongo says there was no malice on the part of police officers who are accused of murdering Zambia Air Force Flight Sergeant Mark Choongwa. Responding to a point of order raised by Mwembeshi...

In this audio, President Edgar Lungu says those who are unhappy that he went to resolve the infighting in the PF on the Copperbelt are now ranting like wild rabid dogs, in apparent reference to Roan member of parliament Chishimba Kambwili. Kambwili yesterday said the only way that confusion would end among PF members on...

The Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested and charged former North Western Province Minister Dawson Kafwaya for abuse of office involving K30,000. This is according to ACC public relations manager Timothy Moono. Kafwaya, 33, of plot no. 9834 Saviya Area in Solwezi was arrested and charged with one count of obtaining goods by false pretenses and one...

President Edgar Lungu and his Ghanaian counterpart, President Nana Akufo Addo today toured several farm blocks in Mumbwa where the visiting Head of State expressed pleasure at the various technology advancements which farmers in the area are using. Speaking when he toured the Amatheon Agri-farm of Mumbwa in the morning, President Addo said he had...

The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has asked police to investigate and arrest the cadres who started the PF, UPND graveyard fight last week which left four badly injured. In a statement today, LAZ President Linda Kasonde described the attack of mourners at Leopards High memorial Park during a burial procession, as evidence of the...

The Drug Enforcement Commission (DEC) has arrested and jointly charged a Ministry of Health Records Officer and three others for being in possession of over K1.2 million counterfeit notes. This is according to a statement issued by DEC Public Relations Officer Theresa Katongo today. “Aaron Mwendafilumba, 36, a Records Officer at the Ministry of Health...

The National Assembly of Zambia has summoned FDD Spokesperson Antonio Mwanza for allegedly giving misleading information to the public concerning parliamentarians’ emoluments. This follows a point of order raised by Serenje MMD member of parliament Maxwell Kabanda on Thursday last week challenging the accuracy of Mwanza’s claims in an article carried by the Daily Nation...

Charles Milupi says he agrees with Finance Minister Felix Mutati that the country may not be able to repay the Eurobonds, saying the ruling party wasted the loans in corruption. Addressing the media in Lusaka yesterday, Mutati said Zambia is currently facing major challenges among them; debt sustainability, domestic resource mobilization, and fiscal consolidation, adding...